The Cape honeybee: An example of a social cancer

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 249-251

  Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; SOCIAL PARASITISM; SUBSPECIES;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HONEYBEE; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PARTHENOGENESIS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL CONTROL;

SOUTH AFRICA;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036603922     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(02)02479-5     Document Type: Review

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